Question

B) Complete with the Past Continuous: 1. I _______(play) cards while Mark _______(watch) TV. 2. _______ (they listen) to music while they _______(study)? 3. The bees _______(make) honey while the Sun _______ (shine). 4. She _______(not/ learn) French while she _______(live) with us. C) Write sentences as the example using while. Example : Mother / write / a letter – father / shave My mother was writing a letter while my father was shaving. 1. Mark / ride / a bike – sister /play / piano __________________________________________ 2. Susan / draw / pictures – grandmother / tell / us / a story __________________________________________ 3. It / rain – we / play / tennis _________________________________________ D) Write questions: 1. ______________________________________________________________________? At 8 o’clock I was watching TV. 2. ______________________________________________________________________? When I saw Mark he was playing football. 3. ______________________________________________________________________? I was having a shower while my mother was cooking dinner. 4. ______________________________________________________________________? When we arrived children were playing cards. 5. ______________________________________________________________________? At midnight Mary and Sue were sleeping E) Build up sentences with the correct word order. The verb should go into the Past Continuous. 1. loudly / talk / very / Susan . _________________________________________________________ 2. and / lunch / Mary / have / John _____________________________________________________ 3. accident / there to be/ an __________________________________________________________ 4. write / she / not? ________________________________________________________________ 5. with / she / go / who? ____________________________________________________________ 6. the / stay / Linda / at / hotel? _______________________________________________________

Answer 1

1.I was playing... Marcos was watching tv.
2They were listening to music...they were studying
3 The bees were making...the sun was shining
4.She wasn't learning...she was living..

C
Mark was riding a bike while his sister was playing piano
Susan was drawing pictures while her grandmother was telling us a story
It was raining while we were playing tennis

D
1.What were you doing at 8 o'clock?
2.Did you see Mark?
3.What were you doing while your mother was cooking the dinner?
4.What do the children were doing when we arrived?
5What do Mary and Sue were doing at midnight?

E
1Susan was talking very loudly
2Mary and John were having lunch
3 There was being an accident
4 Was she not writing?
5 Who was she going with?
6Was Linda staying at the hotel?